Article: LEISURE INDUSTRY DEVELOPS FAST

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Leisure Industry Develops Fast

CHINA, May 21, 2002 (AsiaPort via COMTEX) -- During the May 1st golden weekholidays, Chinese people were busy with their leisure plans withtraveling or entertaining activities.

According to statistics released by China Holiday Office that during the golden week, there were total 14 million person-timesvisited twenty major tourism sites in China. Income of pass check only reached RMB 500 millions.

According to anticipation of China Tourism Bureau, in 2020 aggregate income of tourism would reach RMB 3,300 billions, which would be 8 of GDP. Leisure industry would in deed be a backboneindustry of China' s national economy.

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